Vending-machine.



PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

W. G. WHITNEY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.17.1904. RENEWED MAY 3.1905

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W. C. WHITNEY. VENDING MACHINE.

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W. C. WHITNEY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED 11.17. 1904. RENEWED MAY 3, 1905.

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No. 818,593. PATENTED APR. 24, 1906. W. C. WHITNEY.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLIUATIOBI FILED MAB..17,1904. RENEWED MAY 3.1905.

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PATENTED APR. 24, 1906 WHITN VENDIN MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAB-.17. 1904. RENEWED MAY 3, 1905 6 SHEETS-SHEET 6INVENTOR Allar y UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, FNEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGN OR TO SILAS E.

WILMORE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VENDING-MACHlNE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 24, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM C. WHITNEY, a resident of Newark, in thecounty of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vending-Machines; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

M y invention relates to an improved vending-machine, and while it isdesigned as an improvement upon the construction disclosed in the patentto Eugene S. Scheble, No. 732,786, July 7, 1903, it embodies a greatmany departures therefrom, as will fully hereinafter appear.

An object of my invention is to provide a vending-machine which it isimpossible to defraud and which cannot defraud a purchaser.

A further object is to provide improved means for changing the price ofgoods, or, in other words, regulating the coin necessary to secure thegoods contained in a certain column or receptacle.

A further object is to provide im roved ejector mechanism and mounting terefor and improved coin controlled operating mechanism therefor.

With these objects in view the invention consists in certain novelfeatures of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, aswill be more fully hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

in the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view in elevation, showing aportion of the front casing removed. Fig. 2 is a view in verticalsection. Fig. 3 is a front view of coin controlling mechanism withcertain parts removed. Fig. 4 is a view inhorizontal section. Fig. 5 isan enlarged view illustra ting the segment-locking mechanism. Fig. 6 isan enlarged view illustrating detailed construction of parts operated bythe shaft 77. Figs'l', 8, and 9 are enlarged views of the coinguide 41,holder 57, and parts carried thereby. Fig. 10 is a view in section ofthe five-cent chute. Figs. 11, 12, 13, and 14 are detail views of thecoin-holder 57. Figs. 15 and 16 are views illustrating the cover-securing mechanism. Fig. 17 is a view in section of the operating-knob. Fig.18 is a top view of the storage-frame. Fig. 19 is aview of the brackets17, affixed to the interior of cy vided in opposite sides with inclinedslots 4 j to receive pins 5 on a recessed ring 6 when the latter isturned slightly, and a spring-catch 7 is secured at one end and projectsacross a slot. This spring-catch 7 is bent or flared to permit itsdisplacement by a pin 5 and is made with an opening to receive the pinand lock the ring 6 over the cylinder. The ring 6 has secured therein aconical glass or other transparent cover 8, to the open center of whicha metal collar 9 is secured and forms a bearing for the vertical shaft10, the lower end of this shaft having a thrust-bearin onantifriction-balls 11 in a cup 12 on base-p ate 3. The extreme upper endof this shaft 10 is made with an annular recess to rovide a shoulder,against which the centra hub of a knob or handhold 13 is secured bymeans of a screw 14, screwed into the upper end of the shaft 10 andhaving its head bearing against knob 13, and to compel the rotation ofthe shaft when the knob is turnedthe shaft at its annular shoulder ismade with lugs 15 to enter corres onding notches in the hub of knob 13.T iis shaft 10 is further supported against lateral bending ordisplacement by a cross-bar 16, having a central bearing to receive theshaft and secured at its ends upon inder 1 by means of screws 18.

On shaft 10 my improved storage-frame 19 is secured and holds thecartons or boxes containing the goods to be vended. This frame 19comprises at its top a circular open-work plate or casting 22, securedcentrally upon shaft 10, and to which the bent or flanged upper ends-ofradial partitions 20 are secured by screws orrivcts, as shown. Theseradial partitions also pass through a central cylinder 21, secured toplate 22 and has secured therein at its lower end a hub 28, secured toshaft 10 by a set-screw. Flanged plates 24 are secured to the oppositesides of the partitions 20 at their lower ends, forming bottom supportsfor the cartons or boxes, and are spaced apart to provide a passage-waybetween them for the ejector 25, which will be hereinafter explained.Cross-plates 26 connect the partitions 20 near their bottom at theirouter edge, and shutters 27 are hinged to these plates 26 and arefastened in an upright position by spring-clips 28 on plate 22 topartially inclose' theicartons or boxes, but are sufliciently narrowerthan the compartments or columns to permit a view of the same and toprovide {clearance for protruding fingers 29 the greatest extent thespace of thefraine,

on weights 30, the function of which Will be hereinafter explained. Theplates 26 are spaced sufficiently from bottom plates 24 to allow asingle carton or box to be forced out,

and the central cylinder 21 terminates above bottom plates 24 far enoughso as not to in terfere with the movement of the ejector in forcing outthe bottom carton.

The central cylinder 21 is in reality in a horizontal section, apolygonhaving a flat side at the inner side ofeach column or compartment, thusgiving to the compartment in cross-section a general keystone shape toreceive cartons of like shape and utilize to andthis is an improvementover all machines of this character heretofore known. p Beneath thetransparentcover 8a conical display tray 31 is secured by means of asetscrew 32, passed throu h-a central hub 33 on said tray and against saft 10 to receive the tray thereon. This displa -tray is provided with aseries-of radial disp ay-coinpartments for the goods vended,acompartment being located directly above each and every column of thestorage-frame 19,- so as todisplay the goods contained in the cartons ofsaid compartment, and whichwill be secured if this compartment is turnedto the front and the controlled mechanism to be hereinafter ex plained.The plate 34 has cams at both ends, so that it will be engaged anddepressed by a weight-finger 29 if the storage-frame is turned in eitherdirection, and to the free end of this cam-plate 34 a rod 36 ispivotally connected and passes up through front casing 35 and is securedto one side of the central pivotal support of a disk- 37, upon which theword Empty or other like information is printed. When the cam-plate 34is'depressed by a weight-finger 29, the rod- 36 will be pulled down toturn disk 37 to a position to display the word f Empty at an opening or'vwindow 1n front casing 35, and thus, advise the purchaser that thiscolumn is empty.

Whenthe storage-frame is turned to free the cam-plate'34, a welght 38 ondisk 37 will cause the return of the parts to their former positions andleave a blank at the opening or window, or suitable printing maybeexposed to indicate that goods are in the column in front. Q

The front casing 35 is provided with coinslots labeled, respectively, 1cent, cents, and cents," so that the purchaser knows in which to inserthis coin. Communicating with these slots are grooved coinchutes 39 ofjust sufficient width to accommodate the proper coin-as, for instance,should a one-cent coin or ten-cent coin be placed in the fivecent chuteit will fall through the open bottom down into a carton delivery-pocket40, formed in the bottom of front casing in convenient reach of thepurchaser. Beneath the inner ends of these coin-chutes 39 a coin-guide41 is located, over which, unless deflected, the coins would jump into ahopper 42, which conveys them to'the delivery-pocket 40, and to compelthe passage of the proper coin into guide 41' I provide a deflector 43,which is in the form of a bell-crank lever, pivoted at its angle andnormally held behind the one-cent chute by a-spring to guide a one-centcoin into the guide, and suitable stop-pins 43* are provided to limitits movement in both directions. To the shorter member of the deflector43 a depending rod 44 is secured and is connected at its lower end toone end of an approximately-horizontal lever 45, pivoted between .itsends on a pin or lug made integralwith a bracket 46, secured tobase-plate 3. The inner end of lever 45 is provided with adoublecam-plate 47 in the path of screws 48, projecting down throughastar-wheel 49, se-

, cured on shaft 10 by a set-screw. This starwheel 49 has a point orprojection for each and every compartment, andeach point of the star hasa screw-threaded opening to receive a screw 48, and while I haveshownscrews in all the points it is evident that no screws are needed for theone-cent columns,

has the deflector is normally behind the one- 5 cent chute. columns arethe longest and depress the cam- The screws 48 for the ten-cent plate 47the greatest distance, as the deflector must be thrown to its extremeposition be bind the ten-cent chute; The screws for the five-centcolumns are shorter thant'hose for the ten-cent goods and move thedeflector behind the five-cent chute. Hence it will be seen that whenthe storage-frame is turned, to bring a column to the front the screwsautomatically bring the deflector behind the proper chute, and coinsplaced in the wrong chutes will jump over the guide 41 into ho per 42and into thedelivery-pock'etf It thus be seen that the value of thegoods in the several columns, or, in other words,

.the price necessary to secure the oods in the various columns, can bechange at Wlll by simply shifting the screwsthat is to say, changingshort screws for longer ones-and vice versa.

To outwardly-projecting lugs 50 on the front plate of coin-guide 41 theturned-up ends of a plate 51 are pivoted by screws 52, and this platehas at its upper edge three coin-defiectors 53 normally in position todirect acoin into guide 41 but arod 54 connects an arm 55 on one end ofthis plate with therod 36, so that when said rod is pulled down by thefinger-weight, as above explained, the plate 51 will be swung on itspivot to locate the deflectors 53 over the coin-guide 41 and in the pathof the coins to prevent a coin from entering the guide 41 when an emptycolumn is in operation, but deflect the same into the cartondelivery-pocket below.

The lower end of coinguide 41 is contracted, and upright lugs 56 on myimproved coin-holder 57 are pivoted thereagainst to give to the holderits necessary pivotal freedom. This holder 57 comprises two platessecured together by screws and spaced apart by enlargements, and aset-screw 58 in a depending arm 59 on guide 41 is adapted to exactlyposition said holder 57 above a segment 66, and a spring 61 holdstheguide in such position and returns it thereto. 7

Between the plates of holder 57 and pivoted at one end to one of them isa coin-ejector 62, having a slot 63 in its lower free end in which islocated a pn 64 on a bell-crank lever 65, pivoted to the outside of theholder, a slotv 66 being provided therein in which the pin 64 moves.This lever is connected by a rod 67 with one end of a bar 68, shaped asshown and pivoted to a fixed cylinder 69. This bar 68 has an inclinedslot 70 therein, forming a cam-face against which a in 71 on one side ofa plunger 72 bears. This plunger '72 is mounted in the fixed cylinder69, in which a coiled spring 74 is located to normally hold the plungerin one extreme position, and to the opposite end of the plunger one endof a ratchet-lever 75 is pivotally secured. ratchet-lever 75 is pivotedbetween its ends and has a roller 76 at its free end bearing against theperiphery of star-wheel 49, so that, it will be seen, when thestorage-frame and star-wheel are turned the roller end of ratchet-lever75 will move back and forth over the teeth or points of the star-wheel.This motion is communicated to plunger 72, and through the medium of pin71 a ainst the cam-face of slotted bar 68 causes Tongitudinal movementof rod 67 and pivotal movement of lever 65, which in turn swings thecoin-ejector 62 to throw out any coin in holder 57. Hence if apurchaser, forinstance, places a one-cent coin in the machine while thestorage-frame is set to vend a onecent article and he then attem ts toturn the machine to a five or ten cent co umn the coin will be promptlythrown out by ejector 62.

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and returned to him in the delivery-pocket. This is also the case wherea purchaser without intention to defraud changes his mind about thegoods he desires after he has placed the coin in the machine. By turningthe storage-frame he will have his coin returned, as above explained,and can purchase what he desires.

77 represents the operating-shaft horizontally mounted in front casing35 and projecting through the same at one side, where it has a crank-arm98 secured thereon to be turned by the purchaser to eject the goods hedesires. The segment 60 above referred to is secured on this shaft 77directly below coin-holder 57, which latter holds a coin in position onthe segment in front of a shoulder 78. This shoulder is preferablyformed by means of a detachable block, which can be convenientlyreplaced in the event ofwear.

A pin 79 projects from one side of segment 60 and is engaged by thenotched or hooked end of a pivoted locking-pawl 80, which preventsrotary movement of the segment 60 and shaft 77 until a coin is inposition on the segment, when the holder 57 and segment 60, through themedium of its shoulder 78, are temporarily coupled together, so that arotary movement of shaft '77 and segment 60 will move the holderpivotally far enough to compel a pin 81 on one edge of the awl to swinglocking-pawl out of the patii of pin 79 and permit a continued movementof the segment. The coin will jump the shoulder 78 and when the segmentmoves to its extreme position will drop down behind the same into ahopper 82 for directin the coins into'a coin-receptacle 83 in the bottomof casin 1.

A disk 84 is secured upon shaft 77, and upon its faceoutwardly-projecting screws or um 85 are located, two of said screws orpins being provided and spaced the proper distance a art. An arm 86 isloosely pivoted at one en on the shaft 77 between collars 87 and isdisposed between the screws or pins 85 and moved thereby. The lower endof this arm 86 is connected by a pitman 88 with a sliding block orcarriage 91, mounted to slide in a slotted guide-frame 89, secured tobaseplate 3. To a lug 90 at one side of this block or carriage 91 theejector 25 is pivoted and held in its inclined position by a coiled sring 93, located between the ejector and a siioulder 94 on the block orcarriage.

When the shaft 77 is permitted to turn by the coin-controlled mechanismabove explained, the first rotary motion is not communicated to arm 86,as the shaft turns par tially before a screw or in 85 engages the Thisis to give t e coin-controlled mechanism at segment 60 sullicient timeto unlock the locking-pawl 80. The continued movement of shaft 77 swingsarm 86 downward and forward to draw the carriage 91 and ejector 92forward, compelling the latter to engage the lowest carton or box 95 andforce it forward onto aninclined plane 96,

arm 98, when a coiled spring 99, secured to one side of disk 84, returnsthe parts to their former positions. To prevent a purchaser from turningthe storageeframe after he has inserted a coin and started to turn theoperatin -shaft 77, I provide the disk 84 with a V-s aped notch 100 inits periphery, into which the angular end of a curved lever .101 islocated when the parts are in their setposition. The lever 101 ispivoted between its ends and connected at one end by a rod 102 with acatchbar 103 hinged at one end. This catch-bar 103 is.

notched at one end, so that when it is raised I 2 5 its notched portionwill bein front ofratchetlever 75 and lock the same against pivotalmovement, hence lockin the star-wheel 49 and preventing the turning ofthe storage-- frame. This upward and locking movement v of catch-bar 103is eflected just as soon-as disk 84 begins to turn, as one end of thelever 101 is forced out against the periphery of the disk, whichmovement elevates the other end of the lever and rod 102 to swing thecatch- I bar 103 to its locking 'osition and maintain it in suchposition unti the disk returns to its former positi0n,,so that the endof lever 101 can enter the V-shaped notch 100 therein. Another disk 104is secured upon shaft 77 adjacent to the side wall of front casing 35and made with three series of ratchet-teeth, with recesses 105betweenthem. A triangular pivoted dog 106, normally located in a recess105, is adapted to engage the ratchet-teeth when the shaft is turned tocompel a complete operation thereof before return. Against theupperfaceof this triangular do spring-pressed plate 107 bears, said pate be ing secured upon a rod 108, mounted in a bracket 109-, secured tofront casing 35, and a coiled spring 110 is located on the rod betweenthe bracket and plate to yieldingly hold the latter against the dog 106.When the disk 104 turns, its first function is to tilt I the trian ulardog 106, which movement is permitte I by spring-pressed plate 107. Thedog thus engages the ratchet-teeth in an inclined position, which willpermit the turning of the disk in but the correct direction until theextreme of movement is reached, when the dog will be in another recess105, and its inclination will chan e to permit thereturn of the disk andshaflt to their former positlons. I I By reference to Figs. 2, 3, and 10it will be compel the deflector 43 to move behind the erases when afive-cent coin is placed in the chute willbe swung up thereby and thecoin pass into the coin-guide 41 and should a coin smaller thana-five-cent 1m be, insertedin the five-cent chute it w 1 fall throughthe open bottom thereof, as it is too narrow to reach to the ledges orgrooves at the sides of the chute; but it has been found that if aone-cent 7 5 coin be oised in the five-cent slot and given a sharp. lowits momentum Wlll be suflicient to carry it to the coin-guide 41, and torevent this deflector 111 islocated 1.11 the ve-v cent chute, againstwhich a smaller coin will So strike and be deflected into thedeliverypocket below. j

A removabledoor 112 is provided incasing 1, throughwhich access can behad to the storage-frame to fill the columns and to gain 8 access to thecash-receptacle, and a section of'front casing 35 is made removable togain access to the coin-controller mechanism, both of said removablesections being securely locked in their closed positions, but capable goof removal when the proper key is used.

The operation of my improvements is as follows: We will suppose tepurchaser desires five-cent goods. He gras s knob 13 and turnsthe'storage-frame unt the proper 9 5. column is at the front,ratchet-lever serving to properly center the column. so movin thestorage-frame thesorew 48 in star-wheel 49 will depress cam-plate 47 and100 five-cent chute, so as to deflect a fivecent coin into coin-guide41, down which it falls onto the se ment 60 and is supported in anupright position by the holder 57, which latter is coupled to thesegment by the coin. 105 Should coins be deposited in the other chutes,they would jump over guide 41 and fall into the delivery-pocket, andshould a smaller coin be entered in thefive-cent chute it will eitherfall from the chute or strike the deflecr 10 tor 111 and be ejectedtherefrom into the delive -pocket below. With the segment 60 and liolder57 coupled together by the coin shaft 77 can be turned by crank-arm 98,the first movement being to force the holder 57 n 5 inward to move thelocking-pawl 80 out of locked engagement with the segment, when theshaft 77 will be free to turn. The turning of shaft 77 through themedium of screws or ins serves to draw arm 86 forward and 1 20 p lthe-carriage 91 with the ejector 25 thereon forward. The ejector .25engages the lowest carton or box and forces it out from the column intothe delivery-pocket, and the coin falls from se ment 60 down into theI25 coin-receptacle. en arm 98 is released, spring 99 will return allthe parts to the normal positions ready for the next urchaser.

When a column is empty, the weight-finger 29 will engage cam-plate34 andmove dlsk 1 o been inserted, the ejector 62 will be operated to throwout the coin and after the shaft has begun its movement the lever 101,throu h the :medium of catch-bar 103, will lock t e ratchet-lever andprevent movement of the storage-frame. It will thus be seen that my.improved machine is honest to itself and to the public, for it cannotcheat a purchaser nor can a purchaser cheat it.

A great many slight changes might be made in the general form andarrangement of the parts described without departing from my invention,and hence I would have it understood that I do not restrict myself tothe precise details set forth, but consider myself at liberty to makesuch slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit andscope of my invention.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

-1'. In a vending-machine, the combination with a rotary storage-framecontaining columns of goods of different prices, of a series ofcoin-chutes for different coins, coin-controlled operating mechanismover which without obstruction a coin would jump and return to thepurchaser, and a deflector common to all the coin-chutes and meansoperated by the frame to move said deflector behind the propercoin-chute and deflect the coin into the coin-controlled operatingmechanism.

2. In a vending-machine, the combination with a rotary stora e-framecontaining columns of goods of different price, of a series ofcoin-chutes for different coins, coin-controlled operating mechanismover which a coin if unobstructed would jump and return to thepurchaser, a deflector, a star-wheel movable with the storage-frame andmeans operated by the star-wheel to control the operation of thedeflector to direct the proper coin into the coincontrolled mechanism.

3. In a vending-machine, the combination with a vertical shaft, and astora e-frame thereon comprising a series of co umns or compartments forgoods to be vended, of a star-wheel having a point or tooth for everycolumn or compartment, a cam-plate, a coinguiding deflector to directthe proper coin into operative position, and screws in the star wheel togovern the operation of the cam-plate and deflector.

4. In a vending-machine, the combination with a casing, a vertical shafttherein, means for turning the same, a storage-frame on said shaft havina series of radial columns or compartments for goods of different priceand a series of coin-entrance chutes for coins of different values, of astar-wheel on the shaft having a point or tooth for each compartment orcolumn of the storage-frame and screw-threaded holes in said points orteeth, a cam-plate depressed varying distances by the screws inaccordance with their length, and means operated by said cam-plate forpermitting only the coin of proper value to pass to the coin-controlledmechanism.

5. In a vending-machine, the combination with a casin a vertical shafttherein, means for turning t e same, a storage-frame on said shafthaving a series of radial columns or compartments for goods of differentprice, and a series of coin-entrance chutes for coins of differentvalues, of a star-wheel on the shaft having a point or tooth for eachcompartment or column of the storage-frame and screw threaded holes insaid points or teeth, a cam-plate depressed varying distances by thescrews in accordance with their length, a coin-guide to direct a coin tothe coin-controlled mechanism for ejecting the goods and over whichcoins placed in the coin-chutes would jump and return to the urchaser ifunobstructed, a deflector pivote at one end and made in the form of abell-crank lever, a rod connecting one member of said lever or deflectorto the cam-plate to move the deflector behind the proper coin-chute todeflect the proper coin into the coin-guide and a sprin to normally holdthe deflector behind one 0 lute.

6. In a vendin -machine, the combination with a storagerame, andcoin-controlled mechanism to eject the goods therefrom, of a coin-chuteto direct coins into said coin-controlled mechanism and having an openbottom through which smaller coins Wlll fall, a p ivoted or hingeddeflector in said chute which will be dis laced by the proper coin butdeflect a sma ler coin driven with force therea ainst, in an attempt toreach the coincontrol led mechanism, a second deflector, and meansoperated by the frame to move the same behind the coin-chute and deflectthe coin into the coin-controlled operating mechanism.

7. In a vending-machine, the combination with a rotary storage-framehaving a series of radial columns for goods and a wei ht on each pile ofgoods, of a coin-entrance chute, a deflector and means for effectin theoperation of the deflector by the welght when a column is empty todeflect a coin back to the purchaser.

8. In a vending-machine, the combination with a rotary storage-framehaving a series of radial columns for goods and a weight on each pile ofgoods, of a coin-entrance chute, a deflector, a cam-plate and a fingeron each weight adapted when the column is empty to depress the cam-plateand move the deflector into position to throw out or return a coinplaced in the chute, to the purchaser.

9. In a vending-machine,- the combination with a rotary storage-framecontaining columns or piles of goods to be vended and a weight on eachpile 'of.

beds, of a .series of coin-entrance chutes, a iinged plate havingaseries of deflectors thereon, a cam-plate, a rod connecting saidcam-plate and deflectorplate, and fingers on the Weights, Whichwhen thecolumns are empty are in a horizontal plane to engage the cam-plate andmove all of the deflectors into the path of coins entering the chutesand deflect them out of operation and back to the purchaser.

10. In a vending-machine, the combination with a column of goodsto bevended, of a coinentrance chute, a coin 'de into which the coin falls, acoin-holder hinged to the coin-guide, an ejector-operating shaft, a

segment thereon having a shoulder thereon in front of whichthe coin isheld by the holder, a locking-pawl normally en agm' g a 0 look the shaan a pin on the segment t pin' on the holder to engage and release thepawl when the shaft is turned and the holder and segment are coupledtemporarily by a coin. i

'11. In a vending-machine, the combination with an ejector-operatingshaft, a. seg-- ment thereon normally looked, a holder to hold a coin onthe segment which couples 'them together and an ejector within theholder for-throwing a coin out of the holder and returning it to thepurchaser. y i

12. In a vending-machine, the combination with a rotary storage-framecontaining a series of columns of goods of different rice, andcoin-entrance chutes for coins ofvd' erent value, of a coin-holder tohold a coin in position to permit the operation of the ejectormechanism, and a coin-ejector in said holder,

adapted when the frame is turned,with a coin in the holder, to eject thecoin and return it to the purchaser.

13. In a vendmg-machine, the combination with a rotary shaft, astorage-frame thereon containing goods in columns and of differentprice, of a star-wheel on said shaft, a ratchet-lever engaging the same,a.co1nholder to hold a com 1n operative position in the coin-controlledmechanism, andva com-v eilector operated by the ratchet-lever when t estorage-frame and'star -wheel are turned, to throw the coin out ofoperative position and return it to the purchaser.

14. In a vending-machine, the combination with a rotary shaft, astorage-frame thereon containing goods in columns and of differentprice, of a star-wheel on the shaft, a ratchet-leve engaging thestar-wheel, a coinholder to ho d a coin 1n operative position in thecoin-controlled operatin mechanism, a coin-ejector in said holder, aIever connected therewith and ada ted to move .the' same, a

rod connecting sai lever with a pivoted bar havin a cam-slot therein, aplunger having a in 1n said cam-slot, a housing or guide for.

sald plunger, and a ivotal connection between the plunger anratchet-lever.

15. In a vendin -machine, the combination with a casing aving adelivery-pocket therein, a rotary storage-frame for goods of ingwitnesses. v

. I WILLIAM C. WHITNEY. Witnesses:

JoY TEN EYoK, WM; A. SMITH.

different price, and means for e'ecting the

